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| .TH ARES_VERSION 3 "29 January 2004" |
| .SH NAME |
| ares_version \- Get the version number of the library |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <ares.h> |
| .PP |
| .B const char *ares_version(int *\fIversion\fP) |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .B ares_version |
| function gets the library version as a string and optionally as an integer |
| stored in the |
| .IR version , |
| argument. If you pass a NULL, no integer is attempted to be returned. |
| |
| The integer is built up as 24bit number, with 8 separate bits used for major |
| number, minor number and patch number. This makes a version string such as |
| 1.2.3 will be returned as the hexadecimal number 0x010203 (decimal 66051). |
| .SH NOTES |
| This function is not compatible with ares. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Daniel Stenberg |
| |